Tetracondylidae Aoki, 1961

Nakamura, K., Nakamura, Y. - N. & Fujikawa, T., 2014, Oribatid Fauna (Acari, Oribatida) From A Cave In South Nippon (Japan), With A Description Of A New Species, Acarologia 54 (3), pp. 249-269 : 266-267

Tetracondylidae Aoki, 1961

Fissicepheus (Fissicepheus) takenouchiensis Fujikawa and Nishi, 2013

Fissicepheus (Fissicepheus) takenouchiensis Fujikawa and Nishi, 2013 , Edaphologia, (92): 17-23, figs. 1- 3.

Material examined — One adult female (NSMT- Ac 13787): from the soil surface at the entrance of Kumaso cave. Specimen is deposited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo .

Measurements — Body length 786 µm; width 429 µm. Body colour light brown.

Known record — Litter, humus, and soil from inside of old cut bamboo joint at a bamboo plantation of Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel (32°12’5”N, 130°54’5”E, 195 m a.s.l.), Asagiri-cho , Kumamoto Prefecture .

Remarks — The present specimen differs from the holotype in position of the cuticle hardened and darkened transverse band situated nearer to (lm -lm) than to (h 2 - h 2).